In the flickering firelight, Sifa saw the people curled up in nearby corners awaken one after another, moving their bodies to hasten their return to wakefulness.
Sifa tried calling softly, "Ms. Kardashian?"
Behind him, a lazy, low voice answered with a "Mm." Its slightly heavy nasal tone reached Sifa's ears, making him breathe a sigh of relief.
Kardashian was still here. She was not human, and Sifa had worried that she might be unable to fall asleep and vanish into the Evernight.
It seemed this young lady of evil had her own way of dealing with the Sea of Ruins' night.
She possessed the abilities of a Dreamwalker. Even if she could not fall asleep herself, she could enter someone else's dream. Theoretically, that still counted as sleeping.
After making a brief guess, Sifa found Cattleya and asked softly, "This time, I appeared somewhere else. I mean, within the dream. Will that cause any problems?"
Cattleya adjusted the heavy glasses on her nose and turned to look at Sifa. "I can't answer that question."
Then she asked, "Can you remain lucid within the dream?"
Sifa shook his head. "I realized I was dreaming, but everything felt hazy. It was difficult to become completely 'awake.'"
The Admiral of Stars said blandly, "Don't worry. I was the same."
Sifa nodded. "That's good."
Then he asked, "Should we begin exploring now?"
Cattleya straightened her robes. "Yes, but we need to keep track of the time. The interval between noon and night is roughly three hours. To avoid accidents, we'll calculate based on three hours."
"In other words, after going underground, if we don't find anything suspicious within an hour and a half—anything that might affect our plans against Agalito—we'll return immediately, so we don't fall asleep in a dangerous and unknown place."
Sifa